Journey of the Midnight Sun

Orca Book Publishers

In 2010, a Winnipeg-based charity raised funds to build and ship a mosque to Inuvik, one of the most northern towns in Canada’s Arctic. A small but growing Muslim community there had been using a cramped trailer for their services, but there just wasn't enough space. The mosque travelled over 4,000 kilometers on a journey fraught with poor weather, incomplete bridges, narrow roads, low traffic wires and a deadline to get on the last barge heading up the Mackenzie River before the first winter freeze. But it made it just in time and is now one of the most northern mosques in the world.

This picture book reminds us that the collective dream of fostering a multicultural and tolerant Canada exists and that people of all backgrounds will come together to build bridges and overcome obstacles for the greater good of their neighbors.

Written by Shazia Afzal
Illustrated by Aliya Ghare
Designed by Rachel Page

2023 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Nominated

2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award

2022 Best Muslim Non-Fiction Book, Muslim Bookstagram Awards 2022